Well
sounds like a good week of fun. Christmas is the most wonderful time of the
year. Well news here is that this week we are doing a Christmas recital and I
got volunteered to play the piano. I’m not sure how but that’s what it has come
down to. They don’t want me to play just some hymns. They want me to blast the
audience with some arias from one of the world’s famous operas La
Scala........??? Who do they think I
am?! I’m not that good at the piano, but they gave me no other choice. So zero
practice I will be performing 3 songs that I have never even heard of. Even
better I don’t have time to run through them. This will be interesting. I’m
just not going to stress about it. I am going to try to find a solution. Pray
for me. I need it.
Christmas
money. What? I think my jaw hit the
ground when I read this. Ok, I think will be weird to have some money. I do not
know how long it has been since I had money to spend?! Last Christmas was the
last time that I spend more than €15. I
don’t know what to do with it. Thanks Grandmas.
It will serve me well when I get home because
all my stuff is DESTROYED! Totally! My
suits are so trashed, my coat has holes, my shoes have holes, and my backpack was
destroyed with chocolate because I put some in and forgot about it. I will keep my eye open for suites. I’m not sure what to get but I would like to
save some money for when I get back. It
just hit me that I have like next to nothing at home. I will have to get a job subito as they say in Italian. I’m not too
worried about all that though. Looks like Drew will have start being a big
boy and providing for himself. Tough luck!
Well
this week we have seen some miracles! We have this lady that we have been
teaching for about 3 or 4 months and she has made some good progress. She has
progressed so much and we fasted together with her this last week and she got
answers to her prayers! It’s hard to explain the whole story but just know that
the fast changed everything! It’s been great!
Then
for the people we are working with to get married. They have agreed to marry,
but we don’t have a marriage date yet! We
are working on it and they will most likely be married next February or March.
They have to plan everything. We will be having another marriage late January.
We have found 2 new families totaling to 7 new people to teach! What a miracle.
I think the Lord is giving us very Merry Christmas! It’s not all roses though
we have been working very hard. I think we are late home every evening. It’s
exhausting most of the time but it’s rewarding. Also another lady that I taught
back in Lecco got baptized down in Lodi! Super cool!
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| Milan East Zone Christmas Conference |
We
are staying busy with the zone and doing tons of scambi (splits). Christmas will be
pretty crazy here. 7 days of madness. Here everyone is partying like it’s the
end of the world. Literally! It’s a madhouse here this time of year! But it’s
beautiful.
I got some Italian cook books to brush up on my cooking. I will bring them home with me so I can teach you guys how a pizza is really done! And of course some bomb pasta. We just need some good cheese though. That’s the secret is having good cheese and fresh ingredients.
Well
not much to report on here. We see miracles every day though! We have been so
very blessed to see the sun for 3 weeks straight here. I’m so thankful for it
every day of my life! The weather is being kind to us. Nice for me who has to
go around on bikes? I think it will get nasty though in January. It usually
does.
Merry
Christmas! Happy New Year! Buon Natale Buone feste! Auguri! Babo natale è
vicino! In questo momento dovremmo ricordare più l'esempio di Gesù Cristo. Sono
molto grato per le persone qui in italia che hanno un buon spirito di amore, e
non si menziona il loro appettito per mangiare! Vi amo tantissimo i miei
genitori e care sorelle. Cos' Avete fatto qest'oggi per aiutare qualcun altro.
Grazie per tutto quello che fatte
Anziano
Benson
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